ISBN: 9780882333038 - cold spring in russia / olga chernov andreyev ; foreword by arthur miller ; translated by michael carlisle (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Foreword by Arthur Miller. Translated Michael Carlisle. Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 9.25", is bound in textured green leatherette, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are like new. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. 283 pages. "The writer's adoptive father, Victor Chernov, was a leader and theoretician of the Socialist Revolutionary Party in Russia at the turn of the century. Exiled, with his family, under the Tsar, Chernov returned to Russia in 1917, after the Revolution, and in 1918, was elected chairman of the Constituent Assembly, the only democratically-conceived parliamentary body ever convened in Russia. The Assembly held one democratic session under the guns and bayonets of Red sailors before it was disbanded forever. Thus Chernov's opening speech was the last free political utterance to be heard in Russia to this day. The impact of "Cold Spring in Russia" is manifold. It tells the story of people involved in an important political movement that is now all but forgotten. We meet a variety of historical personages, form Vera Figner to Maxim Gorky, and learn hitherto unknown things about them. And we see firsthand the struggle that followed immediately upon the Bolshevik takeover of Russia.".…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine/Fine, 1st edition, green hardcover w gilt font on spine, illus., 283 pps.Frontispiece. Appears unread, w/o writing. Former owner's name handwritten on FEP. Dust wrapper not clipped, price printed on back inside flap, light age discoloration, w/o chips or tears and now under mylar wraps. Out of print, collectible.M-Y December, 1949 printing. Autobiographical story of a family involved in Russia's only democratic election (1917) and the turmoil of that time. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Foreword by Arthur Miller. Tr. by Michael Carlisle. DJ beneath mylar, background in shades of green, small photos of a woman, man and house ruins on front, other books advertised on back. DJ has very tiny tear at top front edge near tip, thin slight rubbed line on front parallel to spine, two micronicks at spine top edge, very tiny thin tear at top back edge next to spine, very tiny tear with very slight wear at top back tip. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book. …

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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover chip.